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== Deprecated ==
http://toolserver.org/~verisimilus/Scholar/ is no longer maintained. See [[WP:UCB|Citation bot]] for other ways to simplify reference entry.

== Usage ==

Creates a link to the following [[WP:EIW#Citetools|citation tool]]: [http://toolserver.org/~verisimilus/Scholar/ Universal reference formatter]. This allows a user to store and communicate Google Scholar searches in the form of [[wikitext]]. Otherwise, users would use the citation tool interactively, presumably to generate {{Tl|cite journal}} (or, less commonly, {{Tl|cite book}}) template calls, but they would have no easy way to store their actual searches.

The template takes two unnamed parameters and seven named parameters. You may [[Help:Template#Mix_of_named_and_unnamed_parameters|mix the named and unnamed parameters]]; named parameters override unnamed parameters where they overlap.

===Unnamed parameters===
# Search keywords. The '''keywords''' named parameter overrides this, if present.
# Text to display for the search link. The '''linktext''' named parameter overrides this, if present.

===Named parameters===

<nowiki>{{Google scholar cite
|keywords=
|title=
|author=
|publication=
|yearlow=
|yearhigh=
|linktext=
}}</nowiki>

* '''keywords''': search keywords to appear anywhere in a scholarly article. Separate them with spaces. Use double-quotes around phrases. Overrides the first unnamed parameter, if present.
* '''title''': search for text to appear in the title of a scholarly article.
* '''author''': search for articles by specific authors, or an author whose name contains a search word.
* '''publication''': search for articles in a specific publication.
* '''yearlow''': search for articles published in or after a particular year.
* '''yearhigh''': search for articles published in or before a particular year.
* '''linktext''': text to display for the search link. Overrides the second unnamed parameter, if present.

=== Do not use in articles ===
{{Warning|Do not use this template in [[WP:WIAA|articles]] (as Google search links [[WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided|are not appropriate in articles]]). The template is only for [[Help:Talk page|talk pages]] and other process pages ([[WP:HD|Help desk]], [[WP:PROJ|WikiProjects]], etc.). The template will produce an ugly messagebox warning if you attempt to use it in an article.}}

==Examples==

{| class="wikitable"
! Type this !! To get this !! What it produces, or searches for
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|keywords=miscanthus}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|keywords=miscanthus}} || Search the Universal reference formatter for: [[miscanthus]], using a named parameter
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|miscanthus|Search the Universal reference formatter for: miscanthus}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|miscanthus|Search the Universal reference formatter for: miscanthus}} || The above search using two unnamed parameters, to specify a search keyword, and some link text
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|peak oil|Search the Universal reference formatter for: peak oil}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|peak oil|Search the Universal reference formatter for: peak oil}} || Another search using two unnamed parameters, to specify a search keyword, and some link text
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|peak oil}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|peak oil}} || The above search using the most compact syntax, defaulting the link text to the search terms
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|peak oil|yearlow=2007|yearhigh=2008}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|peak oil|yearlow=2007|yearhigh=2008}} || Search for recent articles about [[Peak oil]]
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|10.1001/jama.282.1.62}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|10.1001/jama.282.1.62}} || Search for an article by [[Digital object identifier|DOI]], using the first unnamed parameter to supply the main search field
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|Pmid 16754615}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|Pmid 16754615}} || Search for an article by its [[PMID]] (PubMed Identifier) number
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|PMC1578734}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|PMC1578734}} || Search for an article by its [[PubMed Central]] number
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{Google scholar cite|Nash 1950}}</nowiki></tt> || {{Google scholar cite|Nash 1950}} || Search for an article using the Google Scholar abbreviated author and year format
|-
|}

== How to use ==

Finding [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] for a Wikipedia [[WP:WIAA|article]], and then [[WP:CITE|citing]] them in [[WP:FOOT|footnotes]] with [[WP:CITET|citation templates]], can be tedious and difficult. [[WP:EIW#Citetools|Citation tools]] can help. One such tool is [http://toolserver.org/~verisimilus/Scholar/ Universal reference formatter]. This tool lets you search for scholarly articles with [[Google Scholar]], and then click a <nowiki>{{Wikify}}</nowiki> link that appears in the search results, to generate a {{Tl|Cite journal}} template call (or a {{Tl|Cite book}}, if the search result is a book). The Universal reference formatter works well on its own, with a form-based interface, but the tool itself provides no simple way to store and recall your searches, and to show other Wikipedia users what you did. The {{Tl|Google scholar cite}} template adds those functions, enabling knowledge of the Universal reference formatter to spread efficiently by user recommendations.

If you need to try different search keywords while hunting for a reference, you might like to keep track of which searches you have run, or you might want to come back later and try variations on searches you ran earlier. You can do this by making a [[Help:User page#What about user subpages?|user subpage]] to keep notes about the topic you are researching. You can start by constructing a {{Tl|Google scholar cite}} template call for your first search, then copy, paste, and edit it into a list of successive searches. Saving your user subpage will let you recall your searches for further exploration.

You can tell other people about the searches you have run, and let them try generating {{Tl|Cite journal}} template calls from your searches, by adding one or more {{Tl|Google scholar cite}} template calls to messages you leave on their [[Help:Talk page|talk pages]]. Your recipient then needs only to click the resulting link(s) you provided, to see the same search results pages you did.

You can leave a record of the searches you ran to find references for an [[WP:WIAA|article]], by placing {{Tl|Google scholar cite}} template calls on the article's [[Help:Talk page|talk page]]. Then other editors can easily repeat or extend your searches.

Thus this template is merely a way to store and communicate the searches you run with the [http://toolserver.org/~verisimilus/Scholar/ Universal reference formatter]. This template itself is not suitable to place in [[WP:WIAA|articles]]; it is only a means to the end of generating {{Tl|Cite journal}} template calls which go into article [[WP:FOOT|footnotes]], and to let other users see how you generated them (if you wish).

== See also ==

*[[WP:CITE#Tools]]
*[[WP:EIW#Citetools]] - listing of citation tools for Wikipedia in the Editor's index
*[[User:Verisimilus/Cite]] - some documentation about the Universal reference formatter
*[[Google scholar]]
*{{Google templates}}

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